Why is Arkansas pronounced with a W at the end ?

[deftron]

Isn't it just Kansas (can-suhs) with some kind of prefix ?

But it's pronounced ar-can-saw


Even more weird, the Arkansas River is pronounced ar-can-suhs River

 

[jaeger66]

Why do through, thorough, tough, and bough all sound different despite having the same last 4 letters? Who knows? That's just how it is.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: jaeger66
Why do through, thorough, tough, and bough all sound different despite having the same last 4 letters? Who knows? That's just how it is.

Because the English language is flawed.

 

[AznMaverick]

to screw up the foreigners.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

It's because the English language is mixture of many others, not to mention dialects.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Because someone misheard a word in some Indian language and decided that it was spelled that way, then they found out the proper pronunciation later.

 

[deftron]

Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

 

[geno]

why does doubt sound like "dout"?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

 

[Zugzwang152]

because microsoft invented the english language.

 

[Rastus]

I say it Arkansass.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

Webster's


Look up Arkansas
See the footnote about the River's pronounciation and listen to the wav files.

 

[Brutuskend]

English=Weird

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

Webster's


See the footnote about the River's pronounciation and listen to the wav files.

Dude, I've lived in Arkansas for six years and I've never heard "Arkansas River" pronounced that way.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

Webster's


See the footnote about the River's pronounciation and listen to the wav files.

Dude, I've lived in Arkansas for six years and I've never heard "Arkansas River" pronounced that way.

Dude, I lived in Kansas for 6 years, and they pounounced the Arkansas River just like they did Kansas.

 

[silverpig]

You see, the schools down there are real crappy, so they only have time to teach the kids how the first 7 letters of Arkansa sound before recess...

 

[Rastus]

I've heard a lot of different versions of Wichita. Washtah and Wicheeta amongst them. Depends on what state the river is in at the time, I think.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

Webster's


See the footnote about the River's pronounciation and listen to the wav files.

Dude, I've lived in Arkansas for six years and I've never heard "Arkansas River" pronounced that way.

Neither have I and I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Arkansas...pronouced Arkansaw, River runs right through here.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: TheUnhappyCamper

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: deftron
Ok..

so does anyone know why the state is pronounced one way and the river another?

It's not

Agreed.

Webster's


See the footnote about the River's pronounciation and listen to the wav files.

Dude, I've lived in Arkansas for six years and I've never heard "Arkansas River" pronounced that way.

Neither have I and I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Arkansas...pronouced Arkansaw, River runs right through here.

Deftron must be the odd one of the litter...